Example sentences of "[adj] [vb mod] be [verb] [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | All that may be written is one short story , the final one of the genre , the cork in the bottle . |
| 2 | All that may be needed is a classification of machines and a measurement of time spent on each machine by each product . |
| 3 | All that should be done is that , if that improbable and unlikely event ever takes place , the courts should decline to enforce the clause . |
| 4 | Some of the ways in which this may be achieved are shown in table 7.1 . |
| 5 | One vivid account of the means by which this may be achieved is set out in Ancrene Wisse , an early Middle English text written originally for particular sisters in the late twelfth century who wanted to live as recluses dedicated to God but later adopted more widely in other such communities . |
| 6 | But their view on how this should be achieved was quite different : correction was to be an applied science whose goal , where feasible , was to be the rehabilitation of individual offenders ( where it was not feasible , segregation or elimination , for the protection of society , was to suffice ) . |
| 7 | However , their views on the way in which this could be achieved were quite different . |
| 8 | Until recently , the only means by which this could be achieved was by manual entry , involving many hours of repetitious labour . |
| 9 | ‘ I first investigated the possibility of studying for an occupational health certificate in 1975 , but at that time the only way that this could be achieved was by full-time studying and I could n't do that because of family commitments . |
| 10 | One way this could be done is to cause a program error of some kind , such as by trying to execute an invalid operation code ( or a privileged instruction ) , since this of course causes an interrupt and entry to the supervisor . |
| 11 | The only way in which this could be changed is by a revolution in the system of global inequality . |
| 12 | The ways in which this will be accomplished are explained in more detail below . |
| 13 | Various ways in which this can be done are set out in Appendix 5 . |
| 14 | That this can be done is borne out in practice , and it is sometimes noted that , in the course of treatment for some long-standing chronic condition , patients will re-experience old symptoms which they may have forgotten about . |
| 15 | One way this can be conceptualized is in terms of the different roles , or sets of functions , which the economic activities of a region play in the wider national , and international , economy . |
| 16 | Some of the ways in which this can be achieved are described in the discussion which follows of preventing accidents in the home ; at work ; at play ; and while travelling . |
| 17 | Better support for carers is an essential ingredient of good community care and we want to ensure that practical examples of how this can be achieved are well publicised so that others can emulate them . |
| 18 | Under Venezuela 's five year plan for 1984–1989 the profile of debt payments allows for annual growth of 2.5 — 5.5% but whether this can be achieved is highly dependent on oil prices and quotas since oil accounts for over 90% of exports . |
| 19 | Whether this can be achieved is debatable because management schemes implemented to date have not been uniformly successful due to the tremendous variation in ecology and terrain . |
| 20 | ( The reader keen to see how this can be achieved is referred , for instance , to [ 48 ] , [ 50 ] . ) |
| 21 | This limitation forces the investor to accept the level of market risk and the only ways in which this can be avoided are to select defensive ( low beta ) securities or to move out of the equities market into alternative investments or to reduce the market influence by combining equities with the risk-free asset . |
| 22 | His attempts failed , and he came to the conclusion that the best that could be achieved was to specify , so far as one could , which observation statements were implied by which non-observation statements ( see the preface to Carnap , 1967 , and Quine , 1969 , p. 77 ) . |
| 23 | In front of the refrigerator lay the shape of a man , but all that could be seen were the backs of the calves , and the pale , poignant soles of a pair of bare feet . |
| 24 | Of the baby all that could be seen were two stiff arms poking up out of a manger well supplied with bright yellow straw . |
| 25 | All that could be said was that the judges and staff of the court would continue to do all in their power to reduce costs and lead times in the disposal of appellant business . |
| 26 | So , it was in the ordinary conduct of party politics by men in pursuit of power that expectations , aspirations and objectives were reduced to an apparent simplicity , to a crudity of choice for which all that could be said was that it represented the national will . |
| 27 | There were exceptions , recognised by the statute and the courts , but this was not such a case ; all that could be said was that economic damage , perhaps very severe , might be done to the defendant if publicity were not withheld . |
| 28 | All that could be done was to work by analogy . |
| 29 | It is not very easy to arrange ventilation schemes when the designer has forgotten to do so and often the best that could be done was to arrange to leave the inspection doors open when on the ground . |
| 30 | So on 13 and 14 March the best that could be done was for him to give Harwell full details and let them get on with it themselves ( see Chapter 7 ) . |